It has always been stickyweed to me, anything else and my Mum would have had a fit! Don't seem to have these issues in the fruit and veg world (unless I have led a sheltered life) (oh dear I think I have) works t'other way round. I was very tempted by some carrots called 'Purple Haze' Ah the memories.
"The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it." Sir Terry Pratchett
Today I bought echinacea plant called “Tomato soup”. Why, why would somebody call a flower after a soup? I mean the colour of the petals is red and all, but “tomato soup”?
One of the first orchids I got was a dendrobium bigibbum. The name influenced me a little as it was funny. some make sense like odorata, others make less sense like anosmum which translates to lacking smell but it turns out it does not lack smell at all - it just lacks a rhubarb smell as if the person naming it was specifically looking for a rhubarb smell which he apparently assumed an orchid should smell like. So the anosmum, a very fragrant orchid got the name meaning - lacking in smell of rhubarb.
I like the name rhodostrictum but don't like the flower
These days breeders are coming up with names like the hulk, batman, nice girl, Jaguar, Santa Claus and Nobby's Eagle
We have a lovely nursery nearby that sells lots of roses. Every time I go I see a lovely looking yellow rose, and every time I forget that the reason I didn’t buy it last time is because it’s called R. Golden Showers.
Well, it doesn't look hairy and its not yellow. I think, unless you are particularly sensitive, you should be able to go with this one. How did you fare with the hail @LG_ ?
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Don't seem to have these issues in the fruit and veg world (unless I have led a sheltered life) (oh dear I think I have) works t'other way round. I was very tempted by some carrots called 'Purple Haze' Ah the memories.
The name influenced me a little as it was funny. some make sense like odorata, others make less sense like anosmum which translates to lacking smell but it turns out it does not lack smell at all - it just lacks a rhubarb smell as if the person naming it was specifically looking for a rhubarb smell which he apparently assumed an orchid should smell like. So the anosmum, a very fragrant orchid got the name meaning - lacking in smell of rhubarb.
I like the name rhodostrictum but don't like the flower
These days breeders are coming up with names like the hulk, batman, nice girl, Jaguar, Santa Claus and Nobby's Eagle
Was watching a youtube vid where some American girl kept pronouncing "superbum" as "super bum"
I’m sorry, but no. 🤦🏼♂️😂
https://www.bethchatto.co.uk/plants-for-dry-conditions/lotus-hirsutus.htm
How did you fare with the hail @LG_ ?